Brandon Belt, feeling a little sheepish, insisted he is only Babe Ruth-lite.

“I’m not good enough to call my shot,” the Giants first baseman said Monday during an interview with a Bay Area radio station.

Belt made headlines Friday night when he hit a home run for Lyndsey Dworkin, a 12-year-old cancer survivor who had thrown out the ceremonial first pitch for the San Jose Giants.

The story is that Belt, in Ruthian style, promised to hit a home run for Lyndsey. But, he said, nobody seems to remember his qualifier.

“I told her, ‘I’ll try to hit a home run for you tonight. But maybe a single will do as well,”’ Belt told 95.7 The Game.

No one is about to quibble. Belt stepped up in the first inning and hit a towering shot in his first at-bat.

Juliana Paoli, the San Jose Giants chief marketing officer who had heard Belt’s pledge, instantly recognized the magic of the moment. She radioed to a team employee in the parking and sent him on a mad dash to retrieve the ball.

Belt signed it: “To Lyndsey, My Good luck charm. — Brandon Belt.”

Belt, who is continuing his rehab assignment from a broken thumb, was promoted to Fresno the next night. He said Monday that he wasn’t thinking about Lyndsey when he stepped into the batter’s box.

But he sure thought about as he rounded the bases.

“Honestly, I couldn’t believe that I did that,” Belt said. “But it was a cool moment. I’m glad I got to share that with her because she was the sweetest little girl. It was kind of cool moment to share with her and it’s a connection that we’ll have for the rest of our lives.”

The connection will continue whenever Belt, who sustained a broken thumb May 9, is healthy enough to return to the majors. He has already arranged for the Dworkin family to attend a game at AT&T Park and spend the pre-game on the field.

“You never know. Maybe she’ll come up and give me some good luck again,” Belt said. “Obviously, that’s not why I’m having her up there. The family was so awesome and it just makes sense to have them up at AT&T at some point in time this year.”

Dworkin, who lives in Mountain View, has undergone 31 radiation treatments and nine rounds of chemotherapy, but is getting clean bills of health these days. To celebrate her comeback story, the San Jose Giants had invited her to throw out the ceremonial first pitch Friday.

She wore a Belt T-shirt for the occasion. Belt spotted the wardrobe choice and pulled her aside as she came off the field.

“She was wearing a Belt shirt, so I definitely wanted to take the time to go say something to her,” he said. “So when she got done throwing out the first pitch, I kind of made my way over to the edge of the dugout. When she came over, she was the sweetest little girl.”